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Subject: Re: [9fans] secstore
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Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 09:33:33 -0400
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man consolefs.  We plug all our consoles (including Unix ones)
into a serial line panel on our auth server.  That way we can manage
everything from one place.  If you con(1) to a console
in consolefs then you join a session of people on that console.
You can all type and you all see the output.  Also a message
comes out whenever anyone joins or leaves the group.

It makes managing a large number of machines a little easier.
It also cuts down on the number of monitors and mouse-kbd-display
switches in the machine room.  On some machines we connect the reset
button to a relay that's controlled by DTR and plug them in too.
That way, for our testing machines, we can push the reset button
remotely.

We also have a program (clog) that connects to a console and
writes each line into a file with a timestamp, ala syslog.  It's useful
for crashes and for autditing what was done, when systems
rebooted, etc.